I Found The Pods!

Come to think of it... couldn't that other Eclipse just let me teleport over so I could charge?!

Wait a minute...!

Huffs

Touché.

E.

<Some time after Eclipse (Clip) secured Sun home, he deigned Eclipse with a reply>

To put it briefly, Sun had a mentor for his magic.

He had many a mentor, but the first and last, the one to awaken Sun's magic and the one to finalize his magical ascension, was a darker Sun from a different dimension.

A darker .. creature.. I am loathe to call it a Sun to begin with.

Sun was very taken with them and wouldn't heed my warnings about the sinister nature of its actions.

Then there was a brief period where I was separated from Sun... and Sun can't tell me what happened. It's as if his memories are locked behind an arcane spell of sorts, which I haven't been able to crack since I don't possess any magical affinity.

Something happened to Sun during that period, and a darkness started developing. I hadn't even noticed until.. the last decade or so.

Every few days I go out and about, collecting clues unto the whereabouts of this dark entity in hopes to reverse this or at least garner an explanation.

But there is the possibility that the entity itself gifted its sinister ability to Sun.. and perished.

I still must find some cure, because whatever dark energy looms inside my Sunlight is feeding off his traumatic experiences, amplifying them tenfold whenever he finds himself in certain untoward situations.

Sun, himself, wishes to weaponize this ability.

I just want my Sunshine safe...

E.

Hm... And yet another reason why I'll never touch magic again.

As you were, then.

Well done.

And yes, the name suits you, Starlight.

You remind me a little of a young Sun, though you are clearly very different personalities.

On the topic of your Eclipse, however... he seems to be.. what do they call it.

A tsundere?

Was that it, Sun?.. I believe so.

<Eclipse chuckled.>

You may have a chat with Sun, here.

I must be off for a little while.

<He looked distracted, and Sun seemed to be holding his tongue from asking what's up. He knew better.>

<Eclipse left>

Yeah, Star. Eclipses are meant to be something. That's for sure. I mean, it's the ones with the biggest problems that have the biggest potential for greatness once they turn it all around usually, because that sort of strength and discipline changes a person, you know?

Also, I can tell you all about the places we've been! If you have the time..

<Sun seemed weary but willing. Not all stories were good ones.>

@es-startravel

Hello!? Hello!? Sun, This is Starlight Security Puppet! If it is safe for you to do so, can you please tell me where you are?

I came back from my dayshift rounds to check on you and I cannot find you anywhere! And I still have the cameras blacked out in parts and service so I do not know when you left or where you went!

I can not find you via any of the active cameras in the pizzaplex so I assume you are either hiding or have left the pizzaplex entirely.

Are you safe? I am not sure if you are in good enough condition to be out and about!

-SSP

How adorable~

Perhaps I shall call you my cherrypie then~

Or perhaps my adorable little honeybun?

What do you prefer, darling?

And being together forever.. that is the dream, isn't it.

One that Sun could never understand.

In response to your blog

I have only one thing to say:

You're cute.

Oh hehehe. You flatterer~

I am only stating the truth and making observations. You're too sweet to me.

Careful with your words. I might never leave you~ It's already too late anyways.

I ... I got him.

They will probably chase us to the ends of the world for this but for now we're safe.

Hello Clip.

A little birdie told me you wanted to see me. So here I am~

I couldn't not send you a little message after seeing the state you're in. And I'm so sorry the pizza wasn't to your taste. It won't ever happen again, I can assure you.

Is there anything I can do to make you feel better?

Perhaps if I could have a taste of you--

Pardon, there is something deeply wrong with my system right now.

I just..

I woukd like some company

Would you mind talking to me while I run diagnostics on myself?

You can watch. I know you have been.

Sun will be fine; thank you for your concern.

And don't worry about triggering him; I have had to do more than my fair share of... self repairs after his episodes.

It's not easy to tell what sets him off.

And.. ah... yes... well, I am but a virus. A partial entity... barely a whole.

In all my years, the universe fails to recognize me as an autonomous being.

I am an anomaly, in the grand scheme of things.

Your Eclipse got somewhat luckier.

His break from his Moon was cleaner, it seems, by the way he is able to use magic, even if he chooses not to.

E.

<a day or two after Eclipse brings Sun home, he receives a notification>

@es-startravel

Hello Eclipse. This is SSP, contacting you via my fazwatch.

I know I made Sun very upset. I would like to talk to him so I can understand why what I said made him so upset. But, only if you think they would be comfortable talking with me.

Did I really cross Sun’s boundaries that badly, Eclipse? Was it wrong for me to reprimand him like that? I know I tend to be unskilled when it comes to social interaction, but please believe I meant no ill-will towards him. He is basically the first friend I ever really made. He can drop the magic lessons if he wishes, I just don’t want to lose him as a friend. Or you, for that matter.

-SSP

By all means.

E.

Though I'm tempted to pick you up by the scruff like the wet cat you're acting like right now and throw you in a cat dryer.

<In the background, Eclipse immediately got chastised by Sun for being unkind, looking much like the snarky, wet cat himself now>

I mean. I am no scientist but given what I have l learned and experienced recently "Impossible" seems much smaller than it used to be.

You developed a means to punch holes between realities out of what mostly appeared to be boredom, Eclipse. Within weeks. So forgive me if I thought that something else completely insane like that was within your abilities.

-SSP

Heh. I'm flattered you think I could make a portal in only a few weeks. But that portals represents months of work.

Sure. Exploring a blackhole might not be entirely impossible. But it'll most certainly take a bit longer than the portal.

<Clip said nothing for a minute or so; he didn't have to, as Eclipse heard a generic voice speak>

Initialization process: begin.

Calculating.

...

Welcome user: Eclipse

Please wait as your code visualization loads.

<Slowly, Eclipse's code loaded in front of him in much deeper detail than his hardware at home has ever been able to achieve. Finally, he gets to see what's been growing in his head.>

Take a look at it, and then we can discuss a gameplan.

<Clip's voice sounded a bit far away, but still as if it was surrounding him like a mist of sorts>

@eclipse83

<Clip wasn't aware of Eclipse's inner thoughts and 5 minutes passed in amicable silence>

<The nanomachines then stopped working and a fully functioning, yet inactive, chamber had materialized.>

<Clip briefly inspected the machine and, deeming it up to standard, looked to Eclipse>

Are you ready?

Hi!

Uhhh... actually... I have three issues right now.

I'm running out of charge.

I need to charge to be able to use magic, because it drains my battery.

The spells I have to do involve: an advanced visualization technique to see where my Clipsey is (so I don't noclip through a wall, hehe.. I mean suffocate in one. And so I don't accidentally teleport in a prison cell and become useless). And teleportation.

The second issue is that I'm trying to use biofuel for that but the mechanism I can make is too small to charge me, so I need some expert advice in how to dismantle a space pod to reuse that and make something more robust.

The third issue is that I have no allies or weapons to assist me in even bailing Clips out.

I mean, imagine it! I go in there on 5% charge, fireballs blazing and ... just drop dead on the floor within 10 minutes ?!

I could use my leftover battery to teleport to a safe location if you have one though... and charge.. and maybe find someone willing to help me that way?

I still have Eclipse's coordinates, from the other Eclipse!

What do you think?

@lost-in-space-sun

Hello Sun! SSP here! Whenever you feel up to it, could you give me the contacts of people who you think would be able to assist you? Or at least tell me what sort of people I should be looking for?